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August 14, 2005

English Premier League

MANCHESTER UNITED 2
EVERTON 0

Booed every time he touched the ball, former Blue Wayne Rooney returned to Goodison Park to help set up United's first and then score their second in a free-flowing game.

Rooney fed the ball wide for John O'Shea, whose low cross was superbly converted by Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy just before halftime.

Rooney killed the game a minute after the re-start when he pounced on an atrocious pass across his own penalty area by Everton defender Joseph Yobo area and steered the ball past a helpless Nigel Martyn. It was his first Goodison goal for United since last year's 27 million pounds ($49.03 million) move to Old Trafford.

Left: Wayne Rooney (front) tackles the ball as Ruud van Nistelrooy looks on.

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Photographs: AFP/Getty Images


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